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Other Partners and Industry Memberships

National Sweetpotato Collaborators sweetpotatocollaborators.wordpress.ncsu.edu

The National Sweetpotato Collaborators Group is the only national platform to focus solely on sweetpotato-based research and extension activities. The group has met annually since 1939 to discuss all aspects of sweetpotato production, and it now includes university, industry, and governmental representatives from 21 states and 5 other countries

International Fresh Produce Association www.freshproduce.com

The International Fresh Produce Association is the largest and most diverse international association serving the entire fresh produce and floral supply chain, and the only association to seamlessly integrate world-facing advocacy and industry-facing support.

NC Chamber www.ncchamber.com

The NC Chamber is the leading business advocacy organization in North Carolina. We work in the legislative, regulatory, and political arenas to proactively drive positive change, ensuring that North Carolina is one of the best places in the world to do business.

Agricultural Alliance of NC www.agriculturalalliancenc.com

The Agricultural Alliance of North Carolina is a non-profit organization that initiates activities and educational programs and participates in legislative or regulatory processes on issues such as encouraging grassroots involvement in governmental issues of concern to North Carolina’s agricultural industry, providing legislative and regulatory advocacy on agricultural matters, and encouraging increased communication and understanding of agricultural issues among its members, legislators, regulators, and the general public. Commodity Roundtable www. commodityroundtable.com/about-commodity-roundtable/ Is a national organization comprised of national and state commodity board leaders. It is a place to share best practices and collaborate on common challenges across the nation.

Feed the Dialogue www.feedthedialoguenc.com

Feed the Dialogue NC. Is an organization where agriculture and consumers come together to discuss NC agriculture, the folks who produce it, and those who consume it. It is a source of transparency and trust.

North Carolina Society of Washington/ Tarheel Circle www.northcarolinasociety.org

The Tarheel Circle is an organization within the NC Society of Washington that sponsors non-partisan events bringing together influential North Carolinians with Society and Tar Heel Circle members to engage in dialogue regarding issues of the day in an informal and intimate setting. The mission of the Tar Heel Circle is to stimulate creative thinking to generate innovative solutions to the great questions and issues that face our state, nation, and the world.

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